Bent to Fulham

Fulham are considering lodging a third bid for Darren Bent after seeing a second offer rejected by Aston Villa, despite the fact that the former England striker is thought to favour a move to Newcastle United. The London club, now under the ownership of the car-parts billionaire Shahid Khan, had a £4m bid rejected over the weekend and returned with a restructured offer for a similar amount this week. Villa are seeking at least £6m for a player who was their record signing when moving from Sunderland for £18m two years ago but whose star has fallen to such an extent that he is currently training away from Paul Lambert's first-team squad ahead of the new campaign.

Newcastle's interest in the forward extends from last season and the manager, Alan Pardew, had been hopeful a deal would be concluded for the 29-year-old, with whom he worked for six months at Charlton in 2007, much earlier in the summer. Yet their pursuit appears to have been complicated by Joe Kinnear's appointment as director of football, with talks now apparently pencilled in with Bent's representatives for some point this week. Dominic Fifield and Louise Taylor

Kalou to West Ham United

West Ham United are to meet Salomon Kalou's representatives in London this week in the hope that they can persuade the former Chelsea forward to move to Upton Park after agreeing a fee of €3.5m (£2.7m) with his French club, Lille. Kalou moved to France in the wake of Chelsea's Champions League success in 2012, under the Bosman ruling, and is contracted until 2016. The Ivory Coast forward is settled at Lille and has already rejected prospective moves to West Bromwich Albion and the Turkish club Trabzonspor this summer. The Lille manager, René Girard, hopes to secure a defender and a replacement forward for the feethat would be obtained by selling the 27-year-old

The player will still need some persuasion to move and his wage demands could yet prove problematic in negotiations with West Ham, where Sam Allardyce hopes to pair the player with the club's record signing, Andy Carroll. Their attempts to secure the Colombian forward Duván Zapata from Estudiantes earlier this summer had to be abandoned after it became clear the 22-year-old would not secure a work permit. Dominic Fifield

David Luiz to Bayern Munich

Pep Guardiola has denied he wants to sign the Chelsea defender David Luiz despite being linked with a £40m move for the Brazilian. The former Barcelona manager said he is more than happy with the squad he has at his disposal, despite the German Super Cup defeat by Borussia Dortmund, which Bayern lost 4-2. "David Luiz will not be coming to Munich," Bayern's new manager said. "I have four, five central defenders who I am very pleased with."

Marcus Christenson

Suárez to Arsenal

Luis Suárez has not requested Premier League intervention in his contract dispute with Liverpool, one week on from Arsenal's club record bid of £40,000,001. Arsenal had hoped the 26-year-old would agitate for a move once they triggered what Suárez believed to be a release clause. But, aside from telling Liverpool that he wants Champions League football, the striker has not sought outside assistance over the transfer. Liverpool maintain the clause entitles Suárez to be informed only of any offer over £40m. Suárez could refer the matter to a Premier League regulatory commission, or his lawyers, but the organisation has not been approached so far. Andy Hunter